Tag: Hospitals

Risk for heart failure hospitalization in postmenopausal women increased with sitting, sedentary behavior

Children born <28 weeks had highest rate of hospital admission; risk also up for children born at 38 weeks

Patients with hyperglycemia had higher cumulative probability of mortality, independent of preexisting diabetes

Risk for in-hospital death, mechanical ventilation higher for obese patients; link between BMI and outcomes strongest for adults ≥50 years

Just over half of patients with type 2 MI seen by a cardiologist in hospital; most did not see a cardiologist for follow-up care

Mortality, MACE rates among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 did not differ by race, ethnicity

Findings seen among adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and refractory ventricular fibrillation

29.2 percent died during hospitalization or within 60 days of discharge; ongoing morbidity was common

Automated detection of impending clinical deterioration linked to lower mortality within 30 days after an alert

Odds of hospital readmission increased with age, presence of chronic conditions, hospitalization within previous three months